Courage of Falcons The Secret Texts Book Three
Kait Galweigh, her Sabir lover Ry and his cousin Ian have captured the Mirror of Souls, an artefact which can confer immortality, but only at huge cost to the innocents whose souls are used to feed it. Thought the Mirror calls to Kait – she had hoped to use its magical powers to restore to life her slaughtered Family – she knows its evil is too great and that it must be destroyed.
But the only way to do that, and to ensure that Crispin Sabir doesn’t get his hands on the Mirror, is if Kait becomes a Falcon like her uncle, one of the cover group o wizards sworn to the service of hood under the aegis of the god Vodor Imrish. And that decision binds her more surely than any iron chain. While Kait and her friends are battling the ages-old evil of the Mirror, her cousin Danya, raped and Scarred by Crispin, is being groomed for godhead by the dragon Luercas, who now inhabits the body of her dead son.
Impersonating Ki Ika, the Summer Goddess, and her son Iksahsha, the Chosen One, Danya and Luercas are gathering together a mighty army of the Scarred, ready to invade and conquer the Rich Lands. The destruction of the Mirror will avert a great disaster… but for Kait and her friends, the nightmare is only just beginning.
Courage of Falcons is the third of th Secret Texts, a masterful fantasy adventure of ancient curses and soul-devouring magic. 'Holly Lisle's characters defy easy classification as 'heroes' or 'villains'. Instead these richly realised people are the complex products of their convoluted environments, and each is true to himself' Robin Hobb
'Full of imagination, subterfuge, terror, and surprise ... Holly Lisle's work has grown beyond my wildest expectations' Mercedes Lackey
First British Edition Gollancz (2000)
Paperback - Millenium (2000)
Vengeance of Dragons The Secret Texts Book Two
The young diplomat Kait Galweigh and the megalomaniacal Crispin Sabir are both fugitives, in search of the ancient artefact known as the Mirror of Souls. Kait believes the Mirror's magic will restore to life her lost kin, massacred by Sabir necromancy; Crispin believes the magical object will make him a god.
Both are terribly wrong.
For the Mirror contains the captive spirits of the Dragons, long-dead sorcerers who once conquered the world with their arcane magic. Trapped for a millennium, they await their release, as foretold by the Secret Texts. But their time has not been wasted. The Dragons have studied the Texts carefully, ensuring they can control which prophecies do - and do not - come true. Vengeance of Dragons is the second volume of The Secret Texts, an epic adventure of ancient curses, dark curses and soul-devouring magic. ‘Holly Lisle is a powerful fantasy creator’ Julian May Praise for Diplomacy of Wolves:
'A tough, bold new epic fantasy that you'll never forget' Kate Elliott, author of Kings Dragon
'A well-crafted book Full of well-channelled imagination' Vector
'A grand adventure' Locus
First British Edition Millenium (1999)
Diplomacy of Wolves The Secret Texts Book One The wolves within
For four hundred years, the great Houses of Sabir and Galweigh have battled For control of Calimekka - while each clan's wizards, the Wolves, plot in shadows to revive the hellish necromancies that once destroyed the world. Now at her cousin's royal wedding to the decadent House Dokteerak, a young diplomat named Kait Galweigh discovers a Sabir plot to ambush the entire House Galweigh. Suddenly Kait must escape an alien citadel pursued by mortal and demonic assassins. Her only hope is a secret weapon she dares not use: For Kait was born with a power so cursed that her own people will kill her if her nature is discovered. But unless Kait's deadly magic is unleashed, her mortal enemies will crush Calimekka in a reign of unholy horror… Diplomacy of Wolves is the first volume of The Secret Texts - a fantastic epic adventure in a world of ancient curses, dark conspiracies, and arcane sorceries which establishes Holly Lisle as a major new voice in Fantasy. Holly Lilse is the author of a number of novels, including collaborations with Mercedes Lackey and Marion Zimmer Bradley. She lives in Florida. 'Full of imagination, subterfuge, terror, and surprise… Holly Lisle's work has grown beyond my wildest expectations' Mercedes Lackey
'A tough, bold new epic fantasy that you'll never forget' Kate Elliot, author of King's Dragon
'Holly Lisle's characters defy easy classification as 'heroes' or 'villains'. Instead these richly realized people are the complex products of their convoluted environments, and each is true to himself. Diplomacy of Wolves is a tantalizing introduction to a detailed world that will definitely lure me back for the next installment. This was my first experience of holly Lisle's work. It will definitely not be my last.' Robin Hobbs
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First British Edition Gollancz (2001)
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